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Genre/Form: | Criticism, interpretation, etc |
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Named Person: | Paula Rego; Paula Rego; Paula Rego |
Material Type: | Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Maria Manuel Lisboa |
ISBN: | 0754607208 9780754607205 |
OCLC Number: | 1008291019 |
Description: | xvii, 218 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm |
Contents: | Contents: Introduction: A patriot for me; Past history and deaths foretold: nation, self and other from the 1960s to the 1980s; (He)art history or a death in the family: the late 1980s; The sins of the fathers: mother and land revisited in the 1990s; An interesting condition: the abortion pastels; Conclusion: Artist and model: let me count the ways I love you; Bibliography; Indexes. |
Responsibility: | Maria Manuel Lisboa. |
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Reviews
Publisher Synopsis
'Lisboa enriches our response to Rego's art by restoring its historical and political context. Rego's play on cruelty and power has been remarked on before, but Lisboa uncovers deeper layers of resonance.' Frances Spalding, TLS 'This valuable addition to the literature on the contemporary Portuguese artist Paula Rego is particularly useful since it places her work in a specifically Portuguese context, one which has not been adequately explored by other studies of her work in English... a vigorous new analysis of this important contemporary artist which should be useful both to scholars of Portuguese culture and society and to those more interested in Rego from a purely painterly perspective.' David Frier, Bulletin of Spanish Studies '... this magnificent guided tour.' The Contemporary Review Read more...

